Is the green on potatoes really poison?

[smiles4u]

green on a potato equals into the rubbish bin for me

[Anila]

Anila, if nearly the whole bag is green, you should take them back to the shop for an exchange (unless you've left them out somewhere in the light). Sometimes they get left in the sun in transit to the shop so they're green when you buy them.

usually i dont buy them if they are green, but every bag of washed baby potatoes was green, and sprouting, and i needed spuds and didnt have time to go else where.
But definatly never again..

[Early Kids]

WOW, I had no idea!!

Luckily I've always peeled them right off, or if too green (as in whole tata green) it goes in the bin.

I've always cut the sprout off too... eww

[Indadhanu]

Oh wow I thought it would be ok to just cut the green bit off (although thinking about of course the whole potato would have the 'greening' chemical :-\ ). Thats only if a little corner close to the skin is green, i would chuck a potato if it was green through the middle though, although i do that because it tastes icky

TBH though I didn't actually know it was POISONOUS, I thought green was just not great, like eating green bananas or tomatoes.

[*charmalea*]

green tater go straight into the bin here .... its a vege i rarely buy anyway ... they usually just sit in the cupboard till they sprout and go green so i can put them in the bin anyway ..

ive heard the potoato is the "dummest " vegetable ...

[DoubleK]

ohhh i never knew green was poisonous!! yuck!

i always peel the green off! no more green potatoes here!

[Tanya]

I think to reduce the risk of them going green you must keep them in the dark... *i think*

[Indadhanu]

So how green is too green? Is a tiny spot on the skin worth chucking the whole potato or is it still usable?

[amberj]

ive heard the potoato is the "dummest " vegetable ...

I've heard this too. Someone once told me potatoes had next to no nutritional value. The thought depressed me, so I never looked up if it was true. I love potatoes.

[Rouge]

Potatoes are very bad for you... unless you're in a famine then they can save your life.

Most PCOS sufferers have a love hate relationship with Potato... I know I do and this is why...

Dr. Walter Willet, Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard University writes:

"Potatoes are a great way to survive a famine. My grandparents survived the Depression on potatoes. But in a contemporary, sedentary society, potatoes are unhealthy, with a very big glycemic load. We've seen in our studies that higher potato consumption is related to a risk of diabetes. They are very rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream-more than eating pure sugar: sugar is only half glucose when it's broken down, potatoes are 100 percent glucose. There's not very much in terms of redeemable nutritional value that you get for the calories. Unless you are extremely lean and extremely active, you can't tolerate them. If you really like potatoes, you can have them in moderation now and then, but the trouble is that a big mountain of potatoes on your plate twice a day is how many people eat."
"Actually, careful studies have shown, demonstrated that you get a bigger rise in blood sugar after eating potatoes, a baked potato, say, than you do from eating pure table sugar."